How To Install libhavege1 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhavege1 on Ubuntu 20.04. libhavege1 is entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhavege1 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libhavege1

libhavege1 is:

libhavege is a library that implements the HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion). It provides a random number generator and it’s associated tuning and testing factilities.

More information about HAVEGE is available at http://www.irisa.fr/caps/projects/hipsor/

This package contains the shared library. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop

There are three methods to install libhavege1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhavege1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhavege1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhavege1

Install libhavege1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhavege1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhavege1

Install libhavege1 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libhavege1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhavege1

How To Uninstall libhavege1 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libhavege1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhavege1

Uninstall libhavege1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhavege1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhavege1

Remove libhavege1 Configurations and Data

To remove libhavege1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhavege1

Remove libhavege1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhavege1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhavege1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhavege1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.